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Pedro Florimon Sent Outright to Indianapolis

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent shortstop Pedro Florimon outright to Indianapolis after he cleared waivers on Tuesday afternoon. Florimon was designated for assignment last Wednesday when the Pirates needed to add Josh Wall to the 40-man roster.

He played 15 games with the Pirates, going 2-for-19 at the plate, though one of the hits was his game-winning triple in the 15th innings of a 9-8 win over the Diamondbacks last Tuesday. It was that game that actually caused him to get DFA’d, as Wall was added to help a depleted bullpen. Florimon would have been gone anyway within a few days with Josh Harrison and Jordy Mercer returning to the roster. With his defense and speed, it’s possible that he is a September call-up, although the Pirates have a lot of infielders now and other options with Indianapolis.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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